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How can a small business loan help you boost your HR department?

Auxillium West

When finding the right employees for your organization is getting a bit challenging due to labor shortages, finding ways to improve the productivity of your HR department is probably making its way to your list of priorities. After all, the human aspect of a business is often as important as the financial, organizational, and procedural side due to the high impact that qualified and proactive hires can have on a company’s performance.

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How to Write an Inclusive Job Description and Attract Diverse Candidates

6Q

Looking at a one-sided job description you don’t apply for can be frustrating. But what if you could reverse that and make everyone welcome? That’s exactly what an inclusive job description does. An inclusive job description will allow you to attract a diverse pool of candidates. This is important because a diverse workplace offers better creativity, productivity, and job satisfaction.

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What HR Can Do To Create a Most Loved Workplace

HR C-Suite

There are some proven ways to optimize employee productivity while keeping them upbeat and creative at work. Here is how HR can create a lovable workplace for all.

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Forcing Employees to Return to Office is a Mistake, New Study Shows (i4cp login required)

i4cp

Innovation and business performance haven’t suffered during the pandemic, and companies that mandate even a hybrid work model risk higher attrition, lower talent attraction, and reduced diversity As more organizations announce plans to return workers to the office, a mistake many are making is mandating that employees spend a certain number of days or hours in the office, according to a new global study by the Institute for Corporate Productivity (i4cp).

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The Rules Do Apply: Navigating HR Compliance

Speaker: Ann Meyers Piccirillo

HR Compliance is like a giant game of whack-a-mole. Once you think your company is compliant with all policies and procedures documented and in place, there’s a new or amended law, regulation, or final rule that pops up landing you back at ‘start.’ There are shifts, interpretations, and balancing acts to understanding compliance changes. Keeping up is not easy and it’s very time consuming.

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A Complete Guide for a Non-Tech Recruiter to Interview a Software Developer

TalentLyft

The demand for software engineers is always on the rise as businesses go digital across the world. As a result, recruiters are facing a tough time finding and hiring developers. With countless interviews each day, vetting your candidates to pick the deserving ones becomes challenging. On top of that, how do you assess your candidates if you don't have technical knowledge?

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3 Simple Strategies to Reduce Distractions and Sharpen Your Focus

Thrive Global

Distractions and interruptions are such a part of modern life that we don’t often realize how hard it is to concentrate. Many neuroscientists, psychologists, and technology pundits believe that the distractions of our communication technology are actually rewiring the brain’s capacity to concentrate for any amount of time on one topic. For example, in a much-discussed article in The Atlantic (“ Is Google Making Us Stupid?

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A Window into HR !!

Everyday People

This past week you may have heard me laughing so loud from the great thing that happened at our offices. Seriously. I couldn’t control myself and it was fantastic. You see, working for a restaurant company, our Team Members have been present and essential throughout the entire pandemic. We took every safety precaution we could and they pulled through in a magnificent way.

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What’s Keeping Indian Women From Taking On Leadership Roles?

Thrive Global

What’s keeping Indian women from taking on leadership roles? Learn about the impact of gender bias on women and what we can do to support women in the workplace. Gender discrimination is not only a problem in India but also abroad. It prevents women who have visible leadership qualities from claiming senior positions in their workplaces. In 2018, only 20% of women had senior management roles in the corporate workforce in India.

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3 Careers For The Modern Woman

New to HR

Are you looking for a career that is fulfilling and long-lasting? In the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, a lot of companies decided to move. The post 3 Careers For The Modern Woman appeared first on New To HR.

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Automate Your Onboarding Process In 7 Steps

Efficient employee onboarding is more than a warm welcome—it's a catalyst for business growth. Automated onboarding transforms new hires into productive team members faster, fostering long-term satisfaction and talent retention. For HR, automation means replacing inefficient manual processes with streamlined, cost-effective operations. Our eBook reveals how automating employee onboarding delivers these benefits, reducing HR challenges and elevating new employee readiness.

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The post pandemic “I hate people” trend is real, but is your inauthenticity a part of the problem?

Thrive Global

We have new neighbors. They moved next to us in September 2020 so we initially had very little contact. We have gone out for drinks twice since life opened up and we like them, a lot. This is blowing my pre and post pandemic mind. Going out with essentially strangers for several hours playing ‘getting to know you’ is one of my descriptions of my own personal hell.

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The Challenge of Recruiting Executives for Family-Owned Businesses

Slayton Search Partners

What comes to mind when you think of brands like S.C. Johnson or Welch’s? We’re confident that one of the first things you think of is each company’s slogan. S.C. Johnson’s “A Family Company” and Welch’s “Family Farmer Owned” are two excellent examples of marketing campaigns that differentiate organizations as family businesses. In our view, it’s probably not a coincidence that more brands are reminding the marketplace that they’re family owned.

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Sacred Geometry Explained and How It Can Improve Our Daily Life

Thrive Global

*This article is written based on a conversation with Tanmaya George, founder of INCENTRE. I remember being fascinated by sacred geometry and symbols as a teenager. I even read Karl Jung’s books on the subject and, while I didn’t really enjoy math, I definitely enjoyed geometry at school. Of course I wondered at the powerful shapes of the pyramids during my journeys to Egypt and Peru.

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How to Effectively measure the Competencies/Soft skills of your Employees?

Synergita

Those days, things were easy, right? No employer or organization had to worry about any people strategy apart from pay and job security. Because that’s what the workforce back then wanted. In this day and age, things are very different. The young people prefer learning through employee training to pay. Culture to distance to the office. Professional growth to job security.

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Modernizing Hiring: The Rise of Contingent Recruitment in 2024

The job market is changing fast, and to stay ahead, your hiring strategy needs to be flexible. With recent economic shifts, more companies are turning to contingent workers for their adaptability and cost savings. In fact, 32% of businesses are already prioritizing contingent over traditional full-time positions. Curious to learn more? In our new guide, you'll discover: The major benefits of incorporating contingent workers into your team.

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Why Is Breakfast So Important?

Thrive Global

Breakfast is more important than you think. What you eat in the AM affects how you feel for the rest of the day, mentally and physically. . Our levels of energy, hunger, anxiety, and mental alertness throughout the day will vary depending on the breakfast we have (or haven’t) eaten. Today we’re looking into why breakfast is so important for your fitness journey and for maintaining a healthy and balanced diet.

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Terminating employment in a remote working world

MAD-HR

Terminating an employee is never easy; it can be challenging and complicated at any time, let alone when the employee is working remotely. For the employee, it can be a … The post Terminating employment in a remote working world appeared first on MAD-HR.

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Employment Laws in Bermuda

Global People Strategist

The employment laws in Bermuda are governed by the Employment Act 2000. This ensures that employees are protected while being provided a fair remuneration for their efforts. Here are some of the employment laws in Bermuda: Working Time. There is no concept of maximum working time for adults in Bermuda. The Act states that employees must be given a rest period of a minimum of 24 consecutive hours every week.

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Who do you believe can change the world?

Thrive Global

Growing up as a young black girl in a segregated southern town, there was a time when I believed that only great people could change the world – and great people did not look like me. There was limited history written about the greatness of poor, black, women, or men. It was my Howard University Labor Economics Professor, the late Dr. Joseph Houchins who encouraged me, he said, “JoAnn the history books were not written by us or for us, we ask you to read so much at Howard because you

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The Essential Performance Review Checklist

Performance reviews are a proactive way to engage with your employees, provide clear communication about expectations, and acknowledge them for their hard work. But getting the right framework and creating consistency across your organization can be tricky. We put together this checklist to help you evaluate your current performance review process and equip managers with the right tools to perform individual assessments.

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Comment on Reprise: Interview with Sir Marshall Goldsmith and Chip Bell on Effective Mentoring by Ines

QAspire

Inspiring and true!

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Have you been seeing Angel Signs recently?

Thrive Global

Our angels are always there reminding us that they are near. I have spent over 40 years betting on the Super bowl with my dad’s best friend. Every year, we bet one dollar. But the bet was never about that one crisp dollar. It was about the shenanigans that accompanied that dollar. When New York was playing, my dollar bill arrived with a Styrofoam Statue of Liberty crown and a New York Taxi magnet.

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Home Changes for Senior Citizens

Take It Personel-ly

Today, 90% of seniors over 65 choose to stay in their current house as long as possible. While that’s possible thanks to advanced technology and improved home healthcare, houses are not always ready for senior citizens to live in. These are the main house changes for aging in place you need to consider: Add ramps […].

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50 and 1 traits character traits of decisive leadership

Thrive Global

Football bloody hell! Never has there ever been a team sport that combines both elation and heartache for athlete and spectator alike. More than any other activity the sport of football or soccer asks of any man or woman willing to participate in its swing of emotions a great deal of devotion and sometimes for very little reward. Nearly 250 million souls on earth can be counted as active professionals with each and every one of them striving to reach the summit of the beautiful game.

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An HR Leaders Guide: 7 Questions To Ask When Developing Your Cancer Strategy

As HR and Benefits leaders are in the midst of evaluating cancer care solutions and designing their requirements for vendors, it’s key to know what questions to ask to ensure the development of a truly comprehensive strategy: from prevention to diagnosis to treatment to survivorship. Getting to the right answers starts with asking the right questions: How can better access improve engagement?

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contractor deleted shared files I paid for, it is OK to discuss a firing with others, and more

Ask a Manager

This post, contractor deleted shared files I paid for, it is OK to discuss a firing with others, and more , was originally published by Alison Green on Ask a Manager. It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go…. 1. Contractor deleted shared files that I still need. In January last year, I commissioned a writer to write three scripts for a project I am working on, which was awarded funding.

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Dr. Amelia Reigstad: “Feelings of isolation?”

Thrive Global

One of the main benefits of working remotely is the opportunity to increase work/life balance as many remote jobs come with flexible schedules. Having a more flexible schedule compared to the typical 9 to 5 allows for employees to have more control over their work schedule which leads to performance and productivity. Working from home can allow for fewer disruptions and noise and provides opportunities for employee productivity to increase.

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Leading Hourly Workforce Transformation in a Post-Pandemic World

UKG

In February 2020, global labor markets experienced a dramatic shock due to the novel coronavirus, with millions of workers either losing their job or shifting to remote work. While it’s been more than a year living the “new normal” of lockdowns, quarantining, and social distancing, economies across the globe are slowly reopening due to the rollout of vaccines and a decrease in infection rates.

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Are You Working Your $ or Is Your $ Working You?

Thrive Global

If you are not familiar with my work. I am a Habit Strategist. Something I love to do is make content practical. I take my favorite podcasts, books, speeches, articles, etc and I provide the habit I have implemented into my life post consumption. This week’s content is Men And Women Compare Their Money Spending Habits. I don’t think their tips and tricks at the end are quality but I do think it’s a funny reminder to audit your spending habits and look at your personal trends ev

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AI & DEI: With Great Opportunities Comes Great HR Responsibility

Speaker: Jen Kirkwood - Partner, Responsible HR & AI at IBM and World Economic Forum Executive Fellow

The promise of AI for today’s organizations is real, yet in a frenzied state of experimentation, many stumble to get to a full-scale enterprise. As companies race to discover what generative AI can do, HR must lead conversations about how to balance cutting-edge innovations with integrity, trust, and diversity. Globally, organizations are at a critical intersection of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and AI acceleration.

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Job skills in demand in 2021

HR Digest

Landing a job in the present situation is a tough proposition. Most companies have frozen new hires and are busy downsizing to cut costs in the Pandemic driven scenario. . To move from the resume filtering process to getting and interview is itself tough. One needs to focus on skill sets that set you apart and bring forth the knowledge that employers are looking for.

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Learning to Reconnect with the Great Outdoors this Summer for Mental Health Boost as Big Cities Reopen

Thrive Global

According to a recent study: 67% of all workers believe burnout has worsened during the pandemic, with 53% saying they are working longer hours, making it harder to unplug. As travelers gear up to hit the road for the summer season, there are a variety of findings that show that outdoor activities and time away from the phone can boost mood and increase mental health after being cooped up for over a year.

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Run, Recover, Rejuvenate: New Global Study Reveals Heightened Interest in Fitness Recovery for the Body, Mind & Soul, as Post-Pandemic Self-Care Reigns Supreme

Thrive Global

To Coincide with Global Running Day on June 2, Westin to Unveil Partnership with Run Recovery Technology Leader Hyperice to Support a 360-Degree Well-Being Regimen. A new global study that shows the impact of running and recovery during the pandemic as a means for self-care, just in time for Global Running Day. With 45% of respondents saying that focusing on their well-being has given them a new lease on life, Westin is evolving its industry-leading well-being program to bring world-class recove